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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... Solitary Pulmonary Nodule ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... centrilobular nodules ... #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pattern. 1. ... bronchiolitis: ill ... #Pattern #NodularPattern ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... HRCT #CTChest #Nodular ... #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... peripheral areas of consolidation ... glass opacity and consolidation ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Sarcoidosis end-stage: consolidation ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... The old name is ... #Differential #Table
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... . 1- Consolidation ... or multifocal ill-defined ... . 3- Nodule or mass ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
COVID-19 POCUS ... 96 yrs old, discharged ... CXR with consolidation ... ultrasound bilateral pattern ... drmarcogarrone #COVID19 #POCUS
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
opacities, Unilateral consolidation ... and GG pattern, ... irregular lines, nodular ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD